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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
6 \. D5 X1 p6 P' O我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。( X U$ n+ O( I9 X
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.
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這男孩不過5、6歲。2 O/ ?: v4 g/ K6 I) w. ^% l+ A
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The Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '6 e; [& V: w/ T$ y( l) |* N3 N5 K$ t
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』! I" a9 L) j" D1 w4 I
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Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,
; D& D" F* ^1 f, Eare you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '6 H" \5 r8 A9 @8 K1 A9 A
小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：3 ]6 Y& `) K! |4 o" W9 g
7 j$ F8 j! T" v" A2 T" h. a- @* M% t「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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The old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' '' T0 Y; Q0 Z O- y8 s6 T, G( |- `
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.( P' S9 `+ ^9 l4 O0 Z
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。% L4 @0 B7 O. k5 g% E3 J
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# b$ F0 l* m7 _+ h, j4 U; pThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.
: v5 R' V y; p, j V小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。$ a9 ?. Y0 n+ s; z4 A- K5 w
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# s6 c$ C) f! N M/ mFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.& B; c1 \& Y) p( w
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。 6 c1 ~- Q4 ~) f& A* @% }3 z( i
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.% l4 r1 W0 ~" n1 Z# X) |
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。- ^' ~0 y9 z# V- J6 _- |# W
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She was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
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I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.0 w6 i. R7 I& }" ?+ b: {
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。
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But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '
! p, F2 p8 c2 B6 ?+ p但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』: Y! y* M/ q: |# _: q7 J
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His eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
9 F9 v% w7 ?$ f- l6 n他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』- x; H- S" a& e( R" }, ~( d2 l; U" e7 g
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My heart nearly stopped.
% b3 X- {4 ] o+ o我的心臟幾乎要停止了。
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6 P" D. s, \ w" ]The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. ': { ^3 ~+ C2 p) p9 b6 Q# p" P- k3 w
小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』( S; ]2 M1 b! g
3 J! j+ ]( v3 d( M& IThen he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '
- u; Q1 t* S1 [& X8 W( N然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』$ I( {+ I& P# ~# d: s6 k2 `* n
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'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '5 y' M1 r: B# A+ P' [5 |
『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』5 N" W1 y" d" n4 K
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Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.. C0 O* X- q6 `: E+ o' |
然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。7 T. ~' E6 A+ }1 K7 T0 K
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I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' '
8 Y& h1 e) E5 }: V" I2 h: O; b$ ] J我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』
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. C% o7 T' Q4 P3 g4 n8 v'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.4 M/ [$ M7 Y1 p
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。
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4 C: @# S2 S" O# T7 QThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
; I0 X: X! G: n小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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3 X1 I1 M4 W( F: R0 F6 PThen he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' ', A& b1 n, D$ Q/ {/ `
然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』$ c& m. w4 C3 r% s
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'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '+ r# f$ L1 C5 K/ `- c1 H; j H; Z
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『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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! z2 t0 n& p: f( I『我媽媽喜歡白玫瑰』。
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.3 i$ E$ i' g) z2 J' i7 @
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。
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I finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.! G- C" B ] i$ t5 r$ u
我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。! J& r: d4 l) F, N" [4 f" W
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.
) V3 S3 L0 N4 @" Z1 W Y) M( \* Q小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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( E" A8 R) q; e6 d8 p( P, T; eThen I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
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( \9 l$ E- J* w5 a4 G! ], p5 {) y9 H我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。- N* ^% f6 ] }
) G4 l& o/ }# A) c4 i6 N0 `The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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life-sustaining machine, because the young woman would not be able to recover from the coma./ M9 @: J& l( } B6 k9 o
小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管
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Was this the family of the little boy?
% b* s" Y( Z) b; }他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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8 p" S' f& C0 t( C2 o8 z1 D# MTwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.
8 j4 f2 M+ y& K- r+ o碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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1 K4 }. d! q7 i2 ?I couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.5 \3 h0 l* a$ o* t3 E8 i# e: f q
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
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0 s( D9 u, i. E9 Q2 t, nI left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is4 Y C" l! K% [8 a
still, to this day, hard to imagine.
$ i# F" ~( p( `1 H- l+ J1 Z6 f7 Y我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。0 q$ M! H# B+ W8 W# ^+ {: n# B! g
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就在一轉眼工夫，一位醉酒司機奪去了他的所有。 |
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